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When the government doesn’t listen to science, people are forced to civil disobedience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If3v7LjwB9A. #ClimateEmergency #BlockadeAustralia
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When the government doesn’t listen to science, people are forced to civil disobedience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If3v7LjwB9A. #ClimateEmergency #BlockadeAustralia
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I hope some of you like this letter in today’s Saturday Paper.
#media #news #hope #climate #activism #protest #climateaction #science #singing #BlockadeAustralia #civildisobedience #wildlife #nature
Sophie Cunningham asks photographers of “Beauty in peril” (June 29–July 5), “What does hope look like?”
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/exhibition/2024/06/29/wildlife-photographer-the-year
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I hope some of you like this letter in today’s Saturday Paper.
#media #news #hope #climate #activism #protest #climateaction #science #singing #BlockadeAustralia #civildisobedience #wildlife #nature
Sophie Cunningham asks photographers of “Beauty in peril” (June 29–July 5), “What does hope look like?”
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/exhibition/2024/06/29/wildlife-photographer-the-year
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NO LIBERATION WITHOUT RESISTANCE!
Aahana (17) takes bold action this morning, hanging from a bipod at a pinch-point into the Port of Newcastle. We believe she is still there 3+ hours later, after locking onto the structure when search and rescue cops arrived.She shares some potent words,
"I extend my respect and solidarity to all indigenous communities fighting for liberation. The nation state of Australia is responsible for not only the massacre of Indigenous people on this continent but across the globe.""98% of Australia's trade is through the ports. I'm disrupting corporate and institutional power, the foundation of Australia's system. Disruptive tactics have always been employed, and are always criticised as extremist and counter intuitive. Despite this, the status quo celebrates many wins of the same disruptive tactics, attributing the successes to the framework of liberal democracy and the more passive reformist movement."
"I'm totally disabled from participating in our "so-called democracy" but still expected to be compliant - with all the evidence that suggests we need to take action, strategically and urgently."
"We are living with finite resources but this system works towards infinite extraction. Blockade Australia immobilises key infrastructure on the ground where power is manufactured. I believe nothing happens without people. I want to use myself, as a person, to take action."
13 actions and counting... we must #BLOCKADEAUSTRALIA
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THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED, NOT BROKEN
#BLOCKADEAUSTRALIA 5th consecutive day of action blocking the Port of Newcastle, Grace hangs from a bipod over a rail bridge with a banner that reads, "the system is rigged, not broken."
Grace is right... environmental disasters, climate change, pollution and inequality are not mistakes - they are symptoms of a system built to exploit, to benefit those in power over the many.
The system is working just as intended. Politicians, corporations and the rich profit from the exploitation of people and planet because it's in their job description.
She says, "I don't think l'd be able to look at myself, if I wasn't doing something.
If you agree, join the resistance!
https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser
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#NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on #protesters
By Heath Parkes-Hupton
Posted Fri 1 Apr 2022"The NSW Parliament has passed tough new punishments for protesters the state government says wish to wreak 'economic chaos' on #SydneyAustralia.
"Under legislation that cleared both houses today, people could be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for #protesting illegally on #PublicRoads, #rail lines, #tunnels, #bridges and #industrial #estates.
"The new offence applies to #ports in #Newcastle, #PortKembla and #PortBotany, but the government says it intends to add more facilities.
"Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the laws applied to activities that 'shut down major economic activity'.
"It comes after a string of demonstrations by #ClimateActivists last month disrupted operations around Sydney's Port Botany, the largest container hub in NSW.
"Members of #BlockadeAustralia staged protests on bridges, roads, freight rail lines and a crane to call for greater action on #ClimateChange.
"This morning, four people were arrested after blocking peak-hour traffic on the Princes Highway in Sylvania.
"#FireproofAustralia has claimed responsibility for that incident, which saw traffic blocked by people holding banners across the road."
#Australia #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #CriminalizingDissent
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#NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on #protesters
By Heath Parkes-Hupton
Posted Fri 1 Apr 2022"The NSW Parliament has passed tough new punishments for protesters the state government says wish to wreak 'economic chaos' on #SydneyAustralia.
"Under legislation that cleared both houses today, people could be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for #protesting illegally on #PublicRoads, #rail lines, #tunnels, #bridges and #industrial #estates.
"The new offence applies to #ports in #Newcastle, #PortKembla and #PortBotany, but the government says it intends to add more facilities.
"Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the laws applied to activities that 'shut down major economic activity'.
"It comes after a string of demonstrations by #ClimateActivists last month disrupted operations around Sydney's Port Botany, the largest container hub in NSW.
"Members of #BlockadeAustralia staged protests on bridges, roads, freight rail lines and a crane to call for greater action on #ClimateChange.
"This morning, four people were arrested after blocking peak-hour traffic on the Princes Highway in Sylvania.
"#FireproofAustralia has claimed responsibility for that incident, which saw traffic blocked by people holding banners across the road."
#Australia #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #CriminalizingDissent
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#NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on #protesters
By Heath Parkes-Hupton
Posted Fri 1 Apr 2022"The NSW Parliament has passed tough new punishments for protesters the state government says wish to wreak 'economic chaos' on #SydneyAustralia.
"Under legislation that cleared both houses today, people could be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for #protesting illegally on #PublicRoads, #rail lines, #tunnels, #bridges and #industrial #estates.
"The new offence applies to #ports in #Newcastle, #PortKembla and #PortBotany, but the government says it intends to add more facilities.
"Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the laws applied to activities that 'shut down major economic activity'.
"It comes after a string of demonstrations by #ClimateActivists last month disrupted operations around Sydney's Port Botany, the largest container hub in NSW.
"Members of #BlockadeAustralia staged protests on bridges, roads, freight rail lines and a crane to call for greater action on #ClimateChange.
"This morning, four people were arrested after blocking peak-hour traffic on the Princes Highway in Sylvania.
"#FireproofAustralia has claimed responsibility for that incident, which saw traffic blocked by people holding banners across the road."
#Australia #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #CriminalizingDissent
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#NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on #protesters
By Heath Parkes-Hupton
Posted Fri 1 Apr 2022"The NSW Parliament has passed tough new punishments for protesters the state government says wish to wreak 'economic chaos' on #SydneyAustralia.
"Under legislation that cleared both houses today, people could be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for #protesting illegally on #PublicRoads, #rail lines, #tunnels, #bridges and #industrial #estates.
"The new offence applies to #ports in #Newcastle, #PortKembla and #PortBotany, but the government says it intends to add more facilities.
"Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the laws applied to activities that 'shut down major economic activity'.
"It comes after a string of demonstrations by #ClimateActivists last month disrupted operations around Sydney's Port Botany, the largest container hub in NSW.
"Members of #BlockadeAustralia staged protests on bridges, roads, freight rail lines and a crane to call for greater action on #ClimateChange.
"This morning, four people were arrested after blocking peak-hour traffic on the Princes Highway in Sylvania.
"#FireproofAustralia has claimed responsibility for that incident, which saw traffic blocked by people holding banners across the road."
#Australia #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #CriminalizingDissent
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#NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on #protesters
By Heath Parkes-Hupton
Posted Fri 1 Apr 2022"The NSW Parliament has passed tough new punishments for protesters the state government says wish to wreak 'economic chaos' on #SydneyAustralia.
"Under legislation that cleared both houses today, people could be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for #protesting illegally on #PublicRoads, #rail lines, #tunnels, #bridges and #industrial #estates.
"The new offence applies to #ports in #Newcastle, #PortKembla and #PortBotany, but the government says it intends to add more facilities.
"Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the laws applied to activities that 'shut down major economic activity'.
"It comes after a string of demonstrations by #ClimateActivists last month disrupted operations around Sydney's Port Botany, the largest container hub in NSW.
"Members of #BlockadeAustralia staged protests on bridges, roads, freight rail lines and a crane to call for greater action on #ClimateChange.
"This morning, four people were arrested after blocking peak-hour traffic on the Princes Highway in Sylvania.
"#FireproofAustralia has claimed responsibility for that incident, which saw traffic blocked by people holding banners across the road."
#Australia #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #CriminalizingDissent
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this is from friday, but deserves to be shared. bc the actions are really quite something.
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Blockade Australia are at it again this morning. I think this is the fifth day now?
They live stream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlockadeAustralia (though state governments are currently trying to get Facebook to agree to delete their streams)
The media isn't reporting their actions much, so the best place to keep up to date is via the Blockade Australia Media Releases page https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/category/media-releases/
#BlockadeAustralia #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #protest #Brisbane #Melbourne #Newcastle #HunterValley
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"Activist, Brad Homewood, said Australia was currently living the most indulgent period of life and likened the economic system to a cancer cell.
"It's a system that is predicated on infinite growth in a finite system and we know that infinite growth in a finite system is the ideology of a cancer cell, we're seeing this play out with eco-systems breaking down all around us," he said."
A surprising comparison?
Not to us it's not.
Go Brad!✊
https://www.3aw.com.au/the-surprising-comparison-made-by-a-blockade-australia-activist/
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"Activist, Brad Homewood, said Australia was currently living the most indulgent period of life and likened the economic system to a cancer cell.
"It's a system that is predicated on infinite growth in a finite system and we know that infinite growth in a finite system is the ideology of a cancer cell, we're seeing this play out with eco-systems breaking down all around us," he said."
A surprising comparison?
Not to us it's not.
Go Brad!✊
https://www.3aw.com.au/the-surprising-comparison-made-by-a-blockade-australia-activist/
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Blockade Australia has been blockading ports in Brisbane, Newcastle and Melbourne for three days now https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/two-climate-activists-cause-havoc-at-ports-in-newcastle-and-melbourne-in-blockade-australias-eighth-demonstration-this-week/news-story/5414060bf2e2026ad2fcc25ad06ab134
Note that the link goes to Sky News. I tried to find a public network to link to, but could only find an ABC Newcastle report, which (understandably) only really focuses on the Hunter Valley protests https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-21/coal-protests-block-rail-lines-to-newcastle-port/102504056
#BlockadeAustralia #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #protest #Brisbane #Melbourne #Newcastle #HunterValley
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From #BlockadeAustralia 's statement:
"You cannot solve climate breakdown with jail sentences and anti-protest legislation."
Let's see how the "authorities" react.
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From #BlockadeAustralia 's statement:
"You cannot solve climate breakdown with jail sentences and anti-protest legislation."
Let's see how the "authorities" react.
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"Brad Homewood, the 50-year-old protester suspended at the Port of #Melbourne said he was taking action against the Australian institutions which are a “core part of the problem”.
“This system is doing exactly what it was set up to do, extract and exploit with a callous disregard for all forms of life,” he said. "
#BlockadeAustralia
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/delays-rock-major-aussie-cities-in-nsw-victoria-and-qld-as-climate-activists-suspend-themselves-from-poles-block-traffic/news-story/3cac85e5262aa08fffeecb0097e4ea27 -
"Brad Homewood, the 50-year-old protester suspended at the Port of #Melbourne said he was taking action against the Australian institutions which are a “core part of the problem”.
“This system is doing exactly what it was set up to do, extract and exploit with a callous disregard for all forms of life,” he said. "
#BlockadeAustralia
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/delays-rock-major-aussie-cities-in-nsw-victoria-and-qld-as-climate-activists-suspend-themselves-from-poles-block-traffic/news-story/3cac85e5262aa08fffeecb0097e4ea27 -
"A trio of activists from #BlockadeAustralia stopped #coal trains and trucks from dropping shipments at three ports around the country on Monday morning."
#ClimateChange #Australia
https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/blockade-australia-activists-shut-down-coal-ports-in-melbourne-newcastle-and-brisbane/tpa230619kaley -
"A trio of activists from #BlockadeAustralia stopped #coal trains and trucks from dropping shipments at three ports around the country on Monday morning."
#ClimateChange #Australia
https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/blockade-australia-activists-shut-down-coal-ports-in-melbourne-newcastle-and-brisbane/tpa230619kaley -
The election process in Australia is an insult to our collective intelligence.
Stop begging, hoping and wasting energy trying to make change through a system designed to protect the establishment and facilitate our exploitation.
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Call bullshit on Australia's greenwash
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We can't vote them out #ResistClimateDestruction #BlockadeAustralia
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Yesterday, climate activist Violet Coco was sentenced to 15 months in prison, 8 months no parole.
Meanwhile, Australia records 1.5 degrees of warming, continues drilling, digging and fracking the land.
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Unprecedented times call for unprecedented resistance. 🔥
What happens next is up to you.
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And when the people in power have been causing deliberate and pre-meditated destruction for decades - direct action as a response makes even more sense.
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BREAKING: Magistrate drops all charges!
Lismore local, Mali faced up to 2 years in prison after blocking the Sydney Harbour Tunnel in June. They were charged under NSWs new draconian anti-protest laws. All charges were just dropped.